"Bring me two yuan worth of steamed buns and a bowl of soy milk, take them away." A young girl with disheveled hair became the first customer.
Jiang Tong responded with a smile, "Okay, wait a moment."
She had a plastic bag on her hand, which made people feel quite clean.
Although she only had three yuan, Jiang Tong felt quite beautiful in her heart. This was the result of her own efforts. She believed that everything would be fine.
Before nine o'clock, unexpectedly, all the steamed buns were sold out, and all the customers eating in the store were full of praise and said that the steamed buns she made were delicious.
Jiang Tong calculated the profit outside of materials, and to her delight, she made a profit of more than 100 yuan.
Although it's not much, but at this rate, it will be enough for her to support her children.
After closing the stall, she felt her stomach was empty, so she specially left a few buns in the morning to fill her stomach.
Lying on the bed, I felt very sleepy and fell into a deep sleep.
When she woke up, it was already past four in the afternoon. She quickly got up and soaked the soybeans.
Holding the mirror and looking at her face, she smiled.
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For several days, there was no way to inquire about Jiang Tong. They didn't know that Jiang Tong had changed his name since he came to the town.
She told her neighbors that her name was Jiang Jiang.
The name Jiang Tong was buried in her belly, and no one cared about it anyway.
Dong Yue went from being impatient at first to worrying, and his whole body lost a lot of weight.
The more he misses her, the more uncomfortable he feels. Sometimes, he dreams at night that Jiang Tong is back, he treats her coldly, and Jiang Tong leaves again.
When he woke up, he found that the corners of his eyes were moist.
This longing seemed to stretch endlessly, making his heart anxious and bruised all over.
He didn't go to school for several days in a row. He forgot about discipline, his childhood dream, and that he wanted to be a soldier.
Now he just wants her to come back, treat her well, and love her well.
Seeing that her son was getting haggard day by day, Dong Zi said to him, "Ah Yue, go find her."
In fact, Dong Yue did rush to country k, but still found nothing.
She disappeared as if she had evaporated from the world.
Huo Jinghuang sent people to inquire about Jiang Tong everywhere, and searched almost all over the K country, but could not find him.
If Dong Yue changed Jiang Tong's future, then Jiang Tong changed Dong Yue's life.
Dong Yue himself didn't expect that Jiang Tong's position in his heart had long been firmly entrenched, and it had reached the point where he could not pull it out.
He never thought that a woman he didn't like would be so important to him. She didn't think she was important at the time. She left and took away his most precious things.
After just a few months, there was no news about the person, not even a trace.
Dong Yue felt that Jiang Tong didn't want to see him.
He checked her Weibo every day and never updated it.
The road to the future was too confusing for him to see clearly at this moment.
He used to come back once every two or three months in school, but now it has evolved to once every six months, even though the distance is very close.
During the summer vacation, he stayed in his room all day, or went out without telling his family until the military academy started again.
Even though Dong Zi was worried, there was nothing she could do.
At this time, Jiang Tong, who was far away in a small town in country K, was already more than eight months pregnant.
But she has always insisted on selling breakfast. She no longer needs to make noodles and chop stuffings by herself. Because the food is delicious, there are so many repeat customers. It is no problem for a small breakfast shop to sell three to five hundred yuan every morning.
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She hired two hard-working girls aged 17 or 18 to do it.
She mixed the ingredients herself, and left all the stuffing and dough mixing to the little girl. She was not even needed to make the buns. All she had to do was collect money and take good care of herself.
In the past six months, she made tens of thousands and renewed her contract with the landlord for another five years.
The neighbors were already familiar with her. After selling breakfast, she was going to the hospital for a prenatal check-up.
This is the second prenatal check-up. Earlier, I went to check on the health of the baby when she was three months old. This time when she came to the hospital, the doctor looked at her and exclaimed, "Are you twins? Why are your belly so big?"
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Jiang Tong smiled implicitly, "I don't think it's possible. I'm here to check on the child's health. As long as the child is healthy, it will be fine."
"I've placed an order, you go register and pay, and then go to Supermarket B for an ultrasound."
Jiang Tong took the order, thanked him and paid the money, and then went to the B-ultrasound room.
The female doctor in a white coat who was doing the B-ultrasound looked at her and said, "You came alone?"
Jiang Tong nodded.
"Then lie down."
She did as she was told and pulled her pants down slightly. The doctor pressed the detector on her belly and then looked at the screen.
"Both babies are in good condition and healthy. They are almost eight months old. The due date is on the tenth day of next month."
Jiang Tong didn't hear clearly, "Doctor? Two children?"
The doctor was a little surprised, "Didn't you have a prenatal check-up in the past few months? You have twins in your belly."
Jiang Tong felt that his life was too good. God was afraid that a child would be lonely, so he gave it to them both at once.
"Is it a boy or a girl?"
"This hospital cannot disclose information. No matter it is a boy or a girl, you are really lucky to have two babies in your belly."
Jiang Tong's eyes were slightly sparkling, "Yeah, I know."
"Seriously, your husband, why do you let you come to the hospital alone for a prenatal check-up with a big belly?"
"He————He went on a business trip————" Jiang Tong sat up.
"You can't go on a business trip when you give birth to your child. If your child is to be born in a hospital, you must have a birth certificate. Otherwise, the child will be in a black household and cannot be registered."
Jiang Tong's heart tightened, he nodded and staggered out.
The child is destined to suffer if she follows her and cannot have a household registration.
Looking at the men in the corridor accompanying their wives for prenatal check-ups, she felt very uncomfortable.
But this is your own choice and you cannot regret it.
Jiang Tong felt like eating meat very much, so she went to the street and bought a cooked pig's trotter to eat. In the past few months, because of her pregnancy, she had gained a lot of weight and her face had become rounder.
After returning to her residence, she lay on the bed and rested for a while. Thinking that she could not go to a big hospital to give birth, Jiang Tong got up again, went to a computer store to buy a laptop, and unplugged the network cable. She searched many videos on the Internet about spontaneous births.
, although it was a bit scary, I still read more and searched for information, and began to focus on understanding what to do when giving birth, how to prepare nutritious meals during confinement, and how to take care of the child.
Now there are two children in her belly. If she doesn't study in advance, it will be difficult for her to take care of them when the time comes.
Just the thought of having two babies in her belly made Jiang Tong feel warm both physically and mentally. That night, she couldn't sleep.
By the 1st of next month, she had already suspended her business.
One of the little girls had a good heart. Seeing that she was about to give birth alone, she stayed with her.
In fact, before the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Tong suddenly had a stomachache in the middle of the night on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
At this time, Jiang Tong was sweating profusely in pain, and she reluctantly turned on the light.
"Xiao Mei, Xiao Mei."
Xiaomei, who was laying on the floor, suddenly stood up and asked, "Sister Jiang, how are you?"
"Xiaomei, go - go to the kitchen - boil some warm water - don't worry about me yet."
Xiaomei was a little scared and immediately ran to the kitchen.
Jiang Tong slowly took off his maternity pants, endured the severe pain, spread the oil paper on the bed, and lay down on it.
She learned some knowledge on the computer and breathed slowly. The contractions were painful every five minutes. The pain was so painful that she wanted to cry for her father and mother.
He picked up a towel and stuffed it in his mouth, closing his eyes and hoping to get over it quickly.
Suddenly she felt a stream of liquid flowing out from between her legs, and a falling feeling came over her. Jiang Tong felt that her lower body was about to burst. Thinking that the child might be coming out, she grabbed the side of the bed and used it with all her strength.
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When Xiaomei came out with half a basin of water, she saw a child's head protruding between her legs, and she immediately put down the basin.
"Sister Jiang, the child's head has come out, use force."
When Jiang Tong heard this, his tired body felt like it had been injected with chicken blood. He groaned and the child came out.
"Xiao Mei, quickly get the scissors and cut off the umbilical cord."
She immediately followed the instructions, and as soon as she finished cutting, she exclaimed, "Sister Jiang, there is another one!"
"I - know - hold the child aside first."
She used all her strength to give birth to the last one. Not caring about wiping the dirty blood under her body, Jiang Tong immediately scissored the child's umbilical cord and dug out the amniotic fluid from the two children's mouths with her hands.
, then he lifted the two babies' calves hard and slapped them on the buttocks, and then the babies cried "wow wah wah".
She finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then she looked and saw two boys.
I got off the bed and cleaned the children. The two white and fat babies immediately appeared, chubby.
Xiaomei took out the blood and poured it out, then took another basin.
"Sister Jiang, wash your legs. There is blood on them."
Jiang Tong soaked a towel in water, twisted it, and wiped it.
"Xiaomei, there are two cans of milk powder on the table. You open one and give it to the two children and drink it. I'm very tired now. I'll take a rest first."
"Okay, Sister Jiang, you go to bed first, and I'll watch over them first."
She nodded and fell asleep.
*
"Bai Qian is here." Dong Zi came down from upstairs with a smile.
"Auntie, it's the weekend. Ayue isn't at home?" She stood up.
Dong Zi walked to sit next to her, "He is upstairs. Bai Qian, tell the truth to auntie, do you still like our Ayue?"
Bai Qian was not shy and spoke bluntly, "Auntie, I still haven't given up."
Dong Zi nodded, "Now he is in self-isolation all day long, Bai Qian, if you can make A Yue recover as before and stop him from doing this, Auntie will make the decision for you and A Yue."
Bai Qian's eyes widened, "Really?"
Dong Zi nodded, "It's been half a year since Jiang Tong's incident. I don't want to see him stay like this and lose his energy. If you can do it, I'll let him marry you."
Bai Qian felt as if she had suddenly gone from hell to heaven again. Getting the approval of her prospective mother-in-law was the biggest improvement.